Background
Poppe, Wassily was born on November 10, 1918 in Riga, Latvia. Came to the United States, 1959, naturalized, 1965. Son of Wilhelm and Barbara (Gogotoff) Poppe.
Poppe, Wassily was born on November 10, 1918 in Riga, Latvia. Came to the United States, 1959, naturalized, 1965. Son of Wilhelm and Barbara (Gogotoff) Poppe.
Student, Kaiser Friedrich Wilhelm University, Berlin, 1939. Candidate chemical, University Tubingen, Federal Republic Germany, 1947. Diploma chemical, Institute of Technology Stuttgart, Federal Republic Germany, 1949.
Doctor of Philosophy, University Pittsburgh, 1966.
Chemist, Doctor Hans Kittel Chemical Laboratory, Germany, 1949-1950; development chemist, Karl Worwag Lack & Farbenfabrik, Germany, 1950-1951; production manager paint, Pinturas Iris, Venezuela, 1951-1953; laboratory supervisor, Pinturas Tucan, Venezuela, 1953-1954; technical director, Pinturas Tucan, Venezuela, 1954-1957; plant manager paint production, Pinturas Tucan, Venezuela, 1957-1959; chemist, Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company Industries, Springfield, Pennsylvania, 1959-1964; research assistant physical chemistry, U. Pittsburgh, 1964-1966; group leader surface chemistry, Avisun Corporation, Marcus-Hook, Pennsylvania, 1966-1968; research associate, Amoco Chemicals, Naperville, Illinois, 1968-1985; private practice translator patents, science papers from Russian and Germaninto English, Lombard, Illinois, since 1986.
Fellow American Institute Chemists. Member New York Academy of Sciences, American Chemical Society, American Translator Association (associate).
Married Larissa Heffner, October 16, 1942. 1 child, Katherine Poppe Zawadzkas.